Re: RAM upgrade == Kernel Panic

[Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net>]

Jamin W. Collins wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:51:06 -0400
> "Tom Allison" <tallison@tacocat.net> wrote:
>
> > I got a really interesting one.
> >
> > I am running a stock K7 kernel from woody.
> > I recall seeing such things as cramfs, VFS, and initrd during the boot 
> > sequence.
> >
> > I upgraded my RAM to replace the current 128M to 768M
> >
> > Now, when I boot it panics with a message that VFS can't mount the root 
> > device at 03:02.
> >
> > If I return to the original RAM, it's fine.
>
> Have you tested the new memory?  Memtest86 is a great tool for doing just
> this.
I tried loading this in lilo and I got a fatal error that the kernel 
doesn't support ram disks....

I suppose I could load this on a floppy eh?
what's that command:  'dd something'...



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